"speaker boehner and i speak frequently. and, you know, i (reporter: "so when? when will the two of you sit down in a room?") >> "you know, i don't think that the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room." in part the white house was burned by the debt ceiling negotiations of 2011 when lots of meetings, failed to stave off a fiscal nightmare. but there's another strategy at play. some in the administration say they learned in the first term, the best way to break washington stalemates: rally the public to their cause. here's' how the president put it to cbs news >> "so getting out of this town, spending more time with the american people, listening to them, then also being in a conversation with them about where do we go together as a country, i need to do a better job of that in my second term." >> reporter: "a better job of explaining?" "well, explaining but also inspiring." the controversy around egypt's president self- proclaimed power is being hurt by the media in response with television, newspapers not publishing in a day of protest. sofa... desk.